Evolving brains, emerging gods : early humans and the origins of religion
| 1. Verfasser: |
Torrey, E. Fuller 1937-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York, New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2017].
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xv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Table of contents |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction: The brain, home of the gods
- Part 1. The making of the gods. Homo habilis : a smarter self ; Homo erectus : an aware self ; Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals) : an empathic self ; Early Homo sapiens : an introspective self ; Modern Homo sapiens : a temporal self
- Part 2. The emergence of the gods. Ancestors and agriculture : a spiritual self ; Governments and gods : a theistic self ; Other theories of the origins of gods
- Appendix A: The evolution of the brain
- Appendix B: Dreams as proof of the existence of a spirit world and land of the dead.
